Worawi Makudi has retained control of the Thailand Football Association for another four years after defeating former national team boss Virach Chanpanich 42-28 in a secret ballot to earn his fourth straight term. The election had been postponed because of a dispute among federation members, many of whom opposed Makudi’s fight to hold on to his post. Although his term of office expired in mid-June, he insisted that he was not responsible for the impasse that prevented elections from being held and that he was simply following FIFA instructions to impose new reforms first.
Makudi is a long-serving member of the FIFA executive committee but for years has been surrounded by corruption allegations, which he has always denied.
‘I thank all those who voted for me and supported my re-election. I’m confident this election was transparent and I will start work tomorrow,’ Makudi said after his re-election.
-With New Age input
